Lancashire v Warwickshire
Warwickshire’s fifth fixture of the nine games season in the premier division of the Riley’s BDO Inter County Championships was a tough away game against Lancashire. Both ladies teams earned creditable 3-3 draws with Trina Gulliver (26.37) once again taking the ‘A’ teams lady of the match award and for the ‘B’ side it was Lisa Whitmore (19.71).
There were mixed fortunes for the men as the the ‘A’ team went down 9-3 with Mark Strong, Nigel Heydon and man of the match Ian McFarlane (28.26) the only winners. The ‘B’ faired much better as they beat their opponents 7-5, Matthew Edgar taking the match award with a tremendous 31.01 average in his 4-3 win over Dave Bennett.
Full Results:
Men’s ‘A’:-
Brian Derbyshire 4 Mark Westgarth 0
Antony Newell 4 Mark Carter 3
David Place 4 Tom Aldridge 0
Ben Fairley 1 Mark Strong 4
Mark McGeeny 4 Steve Hine 3
Stephen Bunting 4 Richard Foster 0
Eddie Dootson 2 Nigel Heydon 4
Paul Whitworth 1 Ian McFarlane 4
Darren Place 4 Kevin Dowling 3
Douggie Smith 4 Tom McGlone 1
Les Fitton 4 Noel Grant 1
Mick Oversby 4 Peter Hughes 2
Men’s ‘B’:-
Dave Bennett 3 Matthew Edgar 4
Christian Pratt 4 Jimmy Hill 3
Kyle Bell 3 Mark Archer 4
Martin Atkins 4 Mark Birch 1
Stuart Holden 4 Paul Deslandes 2
Robert Rickwood 4 Luke Kennedy 1
Robert Hacker 2 David Harris 4
David Adshead 4 Antony Allen 0
Anthony Cooper 1 Robert Hawker 4
Peter Ward 2 David Atkins 4
John Tucci 3 Carl Green 4
Paul Cartwright 3 Steve Giddings 4
Ladies ‘A’:-
Trish Hughes 2 Denise Burke 3
Anne-Marie Swindells 0 Trina Gulliver 3
Laura Howarth 3 Lisa Whitmore 2
Mandy Smith 0 Angela Jones 3
Lisa Ashton 3 Sue Gulliver 0
Liz Akister 3 Louise Graham 1
Ladies ‘B’:-
Amy Eden 2 Edwina Holdsworth 3
Natasha Eaves 3 Marian Conway 1
Tracey Cunningham 2 Kat Spanswick 3
Anne-Marie Millership 3 Wendy Adams 2
Anne-Marie Swindells 3 Donna Pinch 0
Janice Lambert 2 Lisa Whitmore 3